1987 New York Mets season

The New York Mets' 1987 season was the 26th regular season for the Mets. They went 92-70 and finished 2nd in the NL East. They were managed by Davey Johnson. The team played home games at Shea Stadium.

1987 New York Mets
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.
General manager(s)Frank Cashen
Manager(s)Davey Johnson
Local televisionWOR-TV/SportsChannel New York
(Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie, Tim McCarver, Fran Healy, Rusty Staub)
Local radioWHN
(Bob Murphy, Gary Thorne)
WJIT (Spanish)
(Juan Alicea, Billy Berroa)
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Offseason

Regular season

Standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9567 0.586 — 49–32 46–35
New York Mets 9270 0.568 3 49–32 43–38
Montreal Expos 9171 0.562 4 48–33 43–38
Philadelphia Phillies 8082 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 8082 0.494 15 47–34 33–48
Chicago Cubs 7685 0.472 18½ 40–40 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1987 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–58–108–106–123–97–57–57–56–128–103–9
Chicago 5–6—6–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–6—13–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–13—12–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–12—3–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–3—8–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–8—13–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5-710–87–56–610–28–105–13—11–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–11—8–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–8—5–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–5—7–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7—

Milestones
  • Howard Johnson became the eighth member of the 30-30 club by hitting for at least 30 home runs and getting at least 30 stolen bases in the same season. Johnson was the first infielder to join the 30-30 club.
  • Darryl Strawberry became the second Met in the season and the tenth member overall of the 30-30 club

Notable transactions
  • May 11, 1987: Ricky Nelson was traded by the Mets to the Cleveland Indians for Don Schulze.[8]
  • June 2, 1987: 1987 Major League Baseball Draft
    • Todd Hundley was drafted by the Mets in the 2nd round. Player signed June 15, 1987.[9]
    • Eric Hillman was drafted by the New York Mets in the 16th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1987.[10]
    • Anthony Young was drafted by the Mets in the 38th round. Player signed June 6, 1987.[11]
  • September 15, 1987: Jeff Richardson and Shane Young (minors) were traded by the Mets to the California Angels for John Candelaria.[12]

Roster
1987 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders
  •  4 Len Dykstra

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CGary Carter139523123.2352083
1BKeith Hernandez154587170.2901889
2BWally Backman9430075.250123
3BHoward Johnson157554147.2653699
SSRafael Santana139439112.255544
LFKevin McReynolds151590163.2762995
CFLenny Dykstra132431123.2851043
RFDarryl Strawberry154532151.28439104

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mookie Wilson124385115.299934
Tim Teufel9729992.3081461
Dave Magadan8519261.318324
Lee Mazzilli8812438.306324
Barry Lyons5313033.254424
Bill Almon495413.24104
Keith Miller255119.37301
Mark Carreon9123.25001
Kevin Elster5104.40001
Al Pedrique560.00000
Gregg Jefferies663.50002
Clint Hurdle331.33300
Randy Milligan310.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Darling32207.21284.29167
Dwight Gooden25179.21573.21148
Sid Fernandez281561283.81134
Rick Aguilera181151133.6077
John Mitchell20111.2364.1157
Bob Ojeda1046.1353.8821
Don Schulze521.2126.235
John Candelaria312.1205.8410
Tom Edens28006.754

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Terry Leach44131.11113.2261
David Cone2199.1563.7168

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jesse Orosco5839164.4478
Roger McDowell5675254.1632
Doug Sisk553133.4637
Randy Myers543663.9692
Gene Walter211203.2011
Jeff Innis170103.1628
Bob Gibson10000.002

Awards and honors
  • Darryl Strawberry – Player of the Month, September 1987

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tidewater Tides International League Mike Cubbage
AA Jackson Mets Texas League Tucker Ashford
A Lynchburg Mets Carolina League John Tamargo
A Columbia Mets South Atlantic League Butch Hobson
A-Short Season Little Falls Mets New York–Penn League Rich Miller
Rookie Kingsport Mets Appalachian League Bobby Floyd

[13]

References
  1. Ron Gardenhire page at Baseball Reference
  2. Heathcliff Slocumb page at Baseball Reference
  3. Stan Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
  4. Doug Gwosdz page at Baseball Reference
  5. Clint Hurdle page at Baseball Reference
  6. David Cone page at Baseball Reference
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/02/style/spider-man-to-wed-model.html
  8. Don Schulze page at Baseball Reference
  9. Todd Hundley page at Baseball Reference
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillmer01.shtml
  11. Anthony Young page at Baseball Reference
  12. John Candelaria page at Baseball Reference
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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